Anti Catholicism prevalent in Ireland,but...

[Myles Na G.]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

And that has nothing at all to do with the Immaculate Conception. You do know that, don't you?

[Itchy]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

And that has nothing at all to do with the Immaculate Conception. You do know that, don't you?

I'd say Tony is doing a Google search at this very moment

[muppet]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The question I asked was did Jesus ever refer to it?

[armaghniac]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The question I asked was did Jesus ever refer to it?

Do you discuss your mother's means of procreation in public?

[muppet]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The question I asked was did Jesus ever refer to it?

Do you discuss your mother's means of procreation in public?

Is that a no?

[T Fearon]

Who knows if he ever referred to it or not,it is not recorded whether he did or not.In any event the immaculate conception is not important in the grand scheme of things, belief and acceptance of God and an appropriate lifestyle based on this,is.

[lynchbhoy]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The question I asked was did Jesus ever refer to it?

He never said it to me !!

[LCohen]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

Who indeed could argue with such a clear statement.

Just to be clear - are you saying that it says it in the bible and independent of this you believe it to be true (If so please explain why) or are you saying that it says so in the bible and that in itself means that it is true and no other evidence is required??

[LCohen]

Surely the bible makes it very clear."The Angel of The Lord declared on Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The question I asked was did Jesus ever refer to it?

Do you discuss your mother's means of procreation in public?

Jesus would not have needed to her to mention it. As a 33.33% equal partner in God Inc he would have known anyway and therefore he could have mentioned it.

[T Fearon]

I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and it's narrative on the life of Christ from conception to resurrection,to be true.

[LCohen]

I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and it's narrative on the life of Christ from conception to resurrection,to be true.

So when the bible says completely contradictory things (which it does) you believe this shambles to be inspired by god? Why?

And when the bible proposes the actions that are moraly horrific (which inter alia it does) you also believe these disgusting acts are inspired by god? Why?

[Denn Forever]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GaaXmnoISw&list=RD3GaaXmnoISw

[T Fearon]

I think the Bible is susceptible to misinterpretation but the core key messages are clear.

[LCohen]

I think the Bible is susceptible to misinterpretation but the core key messages are clear.

I would have thought that murder, rape, family, racial equality etc were all key messages. How can you honestly say that the bible is clear on any of these?

[muppet]

Don't get me wrong. The Bible is a great book and a great insight into some fascinating lives and ideas.

But it shouldn't all be taken as absolute truth.